[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR204.23]

[Page 394]
 
              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 204_FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_Declaration Process
 
Sec.  204.23  Processing a request for a fire management assistance 

declaration.

    (a) In processing a State's request for a fire management assistance 
declaration, the Regional Director, in coordination with the Principal 
Advisor, will verify the information submitted in the State's request.
    (b) The Regional Director will then forward the State's request to 
the Associate Director for determination along with the Principal 
Advisor's Assessment and the Regional Summary.
    (1) Principal Advisor's assessment. The Principal Advisor, at the 
request of the Regional Director, is responsible for providing us with a 
technical assessment of the fire or fire complex for which the State is 
requesting a fire management assistance declaration. The Principal 
Advisor may consult with State agencies, usually emergency management or 
forestry, as well as the Incident Commander, in order to provide us with 
an accurate assessment.
    (2) Regional summary and recommendation. Upon obtaining all 
necessary information on the fire or fire complex from the State and the 
Principal Advisor, the Regional Director will provide the Associate 
Director with a summary and recommendation to accompany the State's 
request. The summary and recommendation should include a discussion of 
the threat of a major disaster.